Did state illegally give BIAL forest land for commercial purposes

Devesh - 16-DEC-2008

Cross posted from my Bangalore Aviation blog

A potentially explosive report in today's Deccan Chronicle

Karnataka's Accountant General - dead or alive?

silkboard - 15-DEC-2008

Ever been to the CAG website? Its of interest because it provides useful data on how select government departments are doing with tax payer's money. Look at this report on NAL (National Aero Lab) for example, and see how CAG details NAL's failure to meet its targets. Or see this report on allotment of housing by DDA. Don't we wish Karnataka too had a CAG like body to audit the likes of BDA and BBMP?

Road side parking of cars and other vehicles

psaram42 - 15-DEC-2008

 Some time back I had posted an article in my blog regarding the road side parking in RWA of HAL III stage area, in Bangalore.

Medical ethics and objectionable Pharmacy practices

psaram42 - 15-DEC-2008

Whenever I am waiting to see my cardiologist, at his clinic in Indiranagar, there are invariably a couple of drug representatives who put in their cards with the receptionist for an appointment with the doctor. The doctor meets the reps only after he is through with the patients of course. When my doctor changed a drug which I was using for ages I was not comfortable.

Notes from Open Meeting Dec 13

admin123 - 14-DEC-2008

Placeholder post for notes from Saturday's meeting. All those who attended are encouraged to write some.

Program Unveiled for Green Energy Summit 2009

Shaguf - 13-DEC-2008

Program Unveiled for Green Energy Summit 2009 Must Attend Event for Solar, Wind, Biomass, GreenFuels, Green IT, Green Builings, Energy Efficiency and Sustainability

Why are our cities suffering?

mcadambi - 12-DEC-2008

My take on why local level governance in cities like Bangalore and Mumbai are suffering while thriving in cities like New Delhi and to a lesser extent, Chennai.

Any good city needs local governance. This means having a strong mayor council in place and using revenues generated by the city to a substantial extent for the city's needs. 

Private Banks - How safe are our money

Vasanth - 12-DEC-2008

I was surprised to see one of my bank account at HDFC bank which was 4,500 two years back has become only  Rs.175 without any transactions. I use Citibank for regular transaction (salary account). Same is with ICICI, which was my salary account bank 2 years back and which has become 100 rupees or so from 14,000.

Safe Passage Meeting

psaram42 - 12-DEC-2008

This post was put as a comment earlier by Mr. Chandrasekar, which is self explanatory.

Marketing project on BMTC - a survey

thampan - 11-DEC-2008

Thampan sent in this request for help with a survey he is doing for his project on BMTC at IIM-B. Posting the link to the survey and the note on his behalf. He says thanks to all Praja contributors for the amazing information his team found here: